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This paper develops an argument for syntactic treatments on Object Shift in Scandinavian languages. In this paper object shift is considered to be a syntactic operation based on consideration of Holmberg's Generalization[HG], well -documented constraint on object shift in the Scandinavian language. Assumed Matushansky(2003)'s unification movement theory, I try to explain the properties of object shift, in particular aspects having to do with head-to-XP movement and [±Foc]features. The Unification Movement theory runs like this: Head-movement and phrasal movement assume to be same thing and head undergoes movement to SPEC of XP in a same way as XP does. From the SPEC of XP, it is argued that head-merging operation called M-Merger happens. In this paper, if object moves to the SPEC of XP, The objects also undergo head-merging operation with verbs under the rule specified in this paper, which formulates that [-Foc] units such as the weak pronouns in Scandinavian language should be in adjacency with [+Foc] units.
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Object Shift, Holmberg's Generalization, Unified Movement theory, M-Merger, V-movement, Minimalist Program
